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CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
Volume 17, Issue 17, Pages 4921-4926Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201002719
Keywords
fuel cells; fullerenes; methanol oxidation; nanostructures; sonophysical preparation
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- NSFC [20773015, 21073018]
- Beijing Municipal Commission of Education
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central University
- Hongkong RGC GRF [604608]
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Large-scale single-crystalline hollow nanobowls of pure C-60 were prepared by applying a sonophysical strategy in a binary organic solution. Through the simple adjustment of the concentration of the C-60/m-xylene solution and the volume ratio of m-xylene to acetonitrile, C-60 nanorings, nano-plates, nanorods, and nanowires were also selectively synthesized. The promise of the C-60 hollow structures as Pt catalyst supports is heightened by the significantly enhanced catalytic activity toward methanol oxidation for a given amount of C-60 used, which demonstrates their potential application in fuel cells.
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